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>> holt: the future of ukraine and competing visions for that country was the subject of an urgent meeting in paris tonight between secretary of state
john kerry
and his russian counterpart. nbc´s kristen welker is following it for us from the
white house
tonight. kristen?

>> welker: lester, secretary
kerry
met with his russian counterpart for more than four hours in paris today. and instead of a major breakthrough, there seemed to be an agreement to keep talking.
kerry
said he and
sergei lavrov
made suggestions about ways to de-escalate tensions and to work with the
ukrainian government
.
kerry
also said he raised strong concerns about the russian troop buildup along the ukrainian border, which he said has caused a climate of fear and intimidation, but
russia
didn´t say it would pull back.
kerry
said the u.s. wants to see a demobilization of forces and
free and fair
elections, as well as rights for minorities. he emphasized, it is ultimately up to the ukrainians to decide the road ahead. now, tensions have been mounting since
russia
annexed crimea earlier this month, with the u.s. concerned
russia
wants to enter other parts of ukraine. today
defense secretarychuck hagel
ordered nato´s top commander, who is scheduled to testify before congress this week, to head back to nato´s headquarters in europe, citing a lack of transparency on the part of
russia
when it comes to its troops. so the situation remains uncertain tonight.